Discrimination and stigma are constant companions in the life of the rainbow people. Apart from the demand for decriminalization, the main issues that confront the community are discrimination and violence...
The inhalation of solvents among children and adolescents for recreational purposes has been a long standing problem in the developed world, although it is an emerging issue in South Asia, especially in...
This book offers an original perspective on HIV and AIDS as a development issue in South Asia, a region with a heterogeneous epidemic and estimated national HIV prevalence rates of up to 0.5 percent. The...
As yet, little is known about the HIV epidemic status and potential in Afghanistan. The country seems to be at an early epidemic phase with low HIV prevalence, but there are a number of underlying vulnerability...
In thinking about how to support effective national HIV/AIDS responses in the countries of South Asia, an important starting place is a clear sense of the epidemic's pattern and trends. Three diverging...
This report documents the main highlights and findings from the Middle East Regional Symposium, "Meeting the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century in the Middle East and North Africa/Eastern Mediterranean...
This paper reviews what is known about the causes of socioeconomic inequalities in child health and thus the points where programs aimed at reducing child health inequalities should be focused. The proximate...
В двадцатом веке наблюдались значительно большие достижения в сферах здравоохранения, питания и населения, чем в любой другой период истории. Отчасти эти достижения являются следствием роста доходов и...
The twentieth century witnessed greater gains in health, nutrition and population outcomes than at any other time in history. These gains are partly the result of improvements in income and education...
The report examines the gender dimensions of alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related problems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. It finds that alcohol use is one of the major causes of the...
The report examines the gender dimensions of alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related problems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. It finds that alcohol use is one of the major causes of the...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
For children in developing countries, health outcomes are determined largely by decisions made within the household, by the family and the mother and father, in particular. From infancy to adulthood, parents...
The paper addresses the issue of improving the health, nutrition, and population outcomes of the poorest people in developing, and transitional countries. Two principles underpin the approach taken in...